CN111714231A

CN111714231A - Wearable orthodontic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111714231A
Application number: CN202010614411.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘艳娟
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Ma Lili
Priority date: 2020-06-30
Filing date: 2020-06-30
Publication date: 2020-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-30
Also published as: CN111714231B

Abstract

The invention provides wearable orthodontic equipment applied to the dental field, which comprises a ring rail, a denture base, a base and a bandage; the denture can slide on the circular track and has a kayser structure to lock its position on the circular track, the denture comprises two denture plates through several spring coupling, and its elasticity can be adjusted by the adjusting part on the denture plate to one of them spring, and this elasticity is as the effort of correcting tooth, the circular track includes 2 rings silk, has several connecting wire fixed connection between the ring silk, circular track and base fixed connection, whole equipment pass through base and bandage fixed position, provides sufficient anchorage simultaneously, conveniently dresses and shirks, can use when sleeping or reading books and newspaper, shirks when normal work or washing one's face and rinsing one's mouth, neither influences life, can correct beautify the tooth again.

Description

Wearable orthodontic equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of dentistry, in particular to the field of wearable orthodontic equipment.

Background

Orthodontics is a broad spectrum of treatments, usually performed by oral techniques to correct irregular tooth alignment, abnormal tooth morphology, and abnormal tooth color. The method for correcting the teeth comprises various methods such as resin veneering, porcelain teeth, orthodontics and the like, a treatment method is selected according to the actual condition of the teeth, the type of the dentognathic deformity and the like of an individual, each method has advantages and disadvantages, different people have preferences, and a scheme needs to be directly communicated with a doctor during examination to determine the scheme. The functional correction and the aesthetic correction are mainly divided.

The experimental team conducts long-term experimental research on orthodontic equipment aiming at the orthodontic treatment and browsing a large amount of related recorded data and relying on related resources, and after a large amount of search and reference, the existing orthodontic equipment is found to be the equipment disclosed by KR20180017649A, JP5719365B2, US08444414B2 and US20030022124A1, and orthodontic connecting devices of the equipment connect the oral appliance with other orthodontic components in the oral cavity. The attachment device is particularly useful for telescoping type intermediate devices that tend to reposition one arch relative to another. The attachment device includes a first portion non-rotatably connected to the archwire and a second portion having an opening. The opening of the second portion pivotally receives the coupling of the planetary implement. However, these devices require a long time to be installed in the oral cavity, which affects the ordinary oral cavity cleaning and nursing, and is likely to cause gingivitis and even periodontitis due to the incomplete oral cavity cleaning.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a wearable orthodontic device aiming at the defects

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a wearing formula orthodontic appliance, includes ring rail, denture fixing device, base and bandage, its characterized in that: the base is used for containing the lower jaw, and two sides of the base are detachably connected with the binding bands to fix the orthodontic equipment to the head; the base is fixedly provided with the annular rail, the annular rail is arched and is matched with the tooth post, a plurality of tooth holders capable of sliding on the annular rail are arranged on the annular rail, and the tooth holders are attached to teeth to provide corrective force; and the joint of the denture base and the ring rail is also provided with a locking structure, and the locking structure is used for fixing the position of the denture base on the ring rail.

Furthermore, the ring rails are divided into an upper ring rail and a lower ring rail, each ring rail comprises two ring wires, and the ring wires are fixedly connected through a plurality of connecting wires.

Furthermore, the denture comprises two denture plates, at least two springs are fixedly arranged between the denture plates, and the springs are in a compressed state and apply elasticity to the denture plates so as to apply corrective force to teeth.

Furthermore, an adjusting component is installed on the dental splint and used for adjusting the compression degree of one of the springs so as to control the size of the corrective force applied to the teeth.

Further, the adjusting part comprises regulation seat, rotor and stop pin to there is a screw thread post to run through adjust the seat the rotor with one of them dental splint fixed mounting is on another dental splint, adjust seat one side and the laminating of dental splint, the rotor install adjust the seat the opposite side and with it is coaxial to adjust the seat, the rotor with screw thread post contact department is equipped with the screw thread, can extrude or put loose dental splint through rotating the rotor, and then adjusts the compression degree of spring, the stop pin is used for locking the rotation of rotor.

Furthermore, be equipped with the earmuff on the bandage for supplementary fixed equipment improves the comfort level of dressing.

The beneficial effects obtained by the invention are as follows:

through the wearable design, the orthodontic treatment does not affect the ordinary life, and the equipment can be freely detached when the oral cavity is washed and eaten; through the design of the ring rail, each denture base can be adjusted to a proper position according to different users, and each tooth is corrected; through the arrangement of the spring and the adjusting component, the correcting force of each denture base on teeth can be adjusted, larger correcting force is applied to teeth needing larger correcting range, and smaller correcting force is applied to teeth needing smaller correcting range; through the setting of bandage and base, play the effect of fixed whole device to provide sufficient anchorage, guarantee the effect of correcting.

Drawings

The invention will be further understood from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views.

Fig. 1 is a general framework diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the dental tray of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the latch of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the latch of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an adjustment assembly of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a strap of the present invention.

In the figure: the ring rail 1, the dental tray 2, the base 3, the binding band 4, the first dental splint 21, the second dental splint 22, the first spring 23, the second spring 24, the first ring wire 11, the second ring wire 12, the connecting wire 13, the connecting pipe 25, the adjusting component 27, the adjusting seat 221, the rotating body 222, the locking pin 223, the ring pair 211, the adjusting column 212, the pin hole 213, the pin column 214, the through hole 215, the handle 216, the locking hole 217, the pressing block 218, the threaded column 26, the clamping part 225, the circular base disc 226, the gasket 228, the front sleeve 411, the rear sleeve 412, the clamping groove 42 and the clamping piece 43

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the following embodiments; it should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Other systems, methods, and/or features of the present embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the following detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features and advantages be included within this description, be within the scope of the invention, and be protected by the accompanying claims. Additional features of the disclosed embodiments are described in, and will be apparent from, the detailed description that follows.

The same or similar reference numerals in the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that if there is an orientation or positional relationship indicated by terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc., based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but it is not indicated or implied that the device or component referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, the terms describing the positional relationship in the drawings are only used for illustrative purposes and are not to be construed as limitations of the present patent, and specific meanings of the terms may be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The first embodiment.

A wearable orthodontic device comprises a ring rail 1, a denture 2, a base 3 and a bandage 4;

in which, as shown in figures 1 and 2,

the base 3 is used for containing a lower jaw, and two sides of the base are detachably connected with the bandage 4 for fixing the orthodontic equipment to the head; the base 3 is fixedly provided with the ring rail 1, the ring rail 1 is arched and matched with a tooth post, a plurality of denture bases 2 capable of sliding on the ring rail 1 are arranged on the ring rail 1, and the denture bases 2 are attached to teeth to provide corrective force; a locking structure is further arranged at the joint of the denture base 2 and the ring rail 1, and the locking structure is used for fixing the position of the denture base 2 on the ring rail 1;

the circular rails 1 are divided into an upper circular rail and a lower circular rail, each circular rail 1 is composed of a first circular wire 11 and a second circular wire 12, and the first circular wire 11 and the second circular wire 12 are fixedly connected through a plurality of uniformly distributed connecting wires 13;

the denture 2 comprises two denture plates, a first denture plate 21 is attached to teeth, a second denture plate 22 is connected with the first denture plate through two springs, the position of the first spring 23 is close to a crown of teeth, the position of the second spring 24 is close to a tooth root, the springs are in a compressed state and apply elasticity to the denture plates so as to apply corrective force to the teeth, and the inner sides of the denture plates are movably connected with the circular rails 1 through a connecting pipe 25 and can slide on the circular rails;

the connecting pipe 25 on the first dental splint 21 is sleeved on the first ring wire 11, the connecting pipe 25 on the second dental splint 22 is sleeved on the second ring wire 12, the connecting pipe 25 is made of elastic metal and is provided with a strip-shaped crack at one side far away from the dental splint so that the dental splint 2 can slide on the ring rail 1, the connecting pipe 22 is provided with a clamping and locking structure for controlling the clamping state of the connecting pipe 25, and when the connecting pipe 25 is in the clamping state, the corresponding dental splint cannot slide on the ring rail;

when the dental tray is used, the locking structure is adjusted to be in a loose state, the dental trays 2 are slid, each dental tray 2 is adjusted to be in a proper position, then the locking structure is adjusted to be in a clamping state, and the position of the dental tray 2 is fixed;

an adjusting component 27 is installed on one side of the second dental splint 22 far away from the first dental splint 21 for adjusting the compression degree of the first spring 23, and the adjusting component 27 comprises a disc-shaped adjusting seat 221 which is located at the lowest part of the adjusting component 27 and fixedly connected with the dental splint 22, a rotating body 222 on the adjusting seat 221 and a locking pin 223;

adjust seat 221 one side and the laminating of denture base plate, rotor 222 install the opposite side of adjusting seat 221 and with it is coaxial to adjust seat 221, and have a screw thread post 26 to run through adjust seat 221 rotor 222 with second denture base plate 22 fixed mounting is on first denture base plate 21, rotor 222 with screw thread post 26 contact department is equipped with the screw thread, can extrude or loosen second denture base plate 22 through rotating rotor 222, and then adjusts the compression degree of spring, stop pin 223 is used for locking rotor 222's rotation.

Example two.

A wearable orthodontic device comprises a ring rail 1, a denture 2, a base 3 and a bandage 4; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the locking structure is composed of an annular pair 211 and an adjusting column 212, the annular pair 211 is fixedly sleeved outside the connecting pipe 25, the axis of the adjusting column 212 is parallel to the axis of the connecting pipe 25, a pin hole 213 deviating from the axis of the adjusting column 212 is arranged on the adjusting column 212, a through hole 215 with the same size as the pin hole 213 is correspondingly arranged on the annular pair 213, a pin 214 passes through the through hole 215 and the pin hole 213 and then is hinged between the annular pair 211, the adjusting column 212 comprises a handle 216, a lock hole 217 is arranged on the side wall of the connecting pipe 25 at a position opposite to the adjusting column 212, a pressing block 218 is arranged at the lock hole 217, and the pressing block 218 is supported by the adjusting column 212 and pressed on the side wall of the connecting pipe 25;

because the adjusting column 212 is thick at one side and thin at the other side, the adjusting handle 216 and the adjusting column 212 rotate, the pressure of the pressing block 218 on the connecting pipe 25 changes, when the handle 216 is closed and the thicker side of the adjusting column 212 abuts against the pressing block 218, the connecting pipe 25 is locked, when the handle 216 is pulled open, the pressure of the adjusting column 212 on the pressing block 218 is gradually reduced, and the connecting pipe 25 is gradually released and can slide along the circular track 1;

Example three.

the locking structure is composed of an annular pair 211 and an adjusting column 212, the annular pair 211 is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the connecting pipe 25, the axis of the adjusting column 212 is parallel to the axis of the connecting pipe 25, a pin hole 213 deviating from the axis of the adjusting column 212 is arranged on the adjusting column 212, a through hole 215 with the same size as the pin hole 213 is arranged at the corresponding position of the annular pair 213, the pin column 214 penetrates through the through hole 215 and the pin hole 213 and then is hinged between the annular pair 211, the adjusting column 212 comprises a handle 216, a lock hole 217 is arranged on the side wall of the connecting pipe 25 and at the position opposite to the adjusting column 212, a pressing block 218 is arranged at the lock hole 217, and the pressing block 218 is supported by the adjusting column 212 and pressed on the side wall of;

an adjusting assembly 27 is mounted on a side of the second dental splint 22 away from the first dental splint 21 for adjusting the compression degree of the first spring 23, as shown in fig. 5, the adjusting assembly 27 includes a disc-shaped adjusting seat 221 located at the lowest part of the adjusting assembly 27 and fixedly connected with the dental splint 22, a rotating body 222 on the adjusting seat 221 and a locking pin 223;

the center of the adjusting seat 221 is a first through hole 201, a second through hole 202 is arranged at a position of the second dental splint 22 corresponding to the first through hole 201, the diameter of the second through hole 202 is equal to that of the first through hole 201, a threaded column 26 is fixedly connected to the first dental splint 21, the threaded column 26 passes through the second through hole 202 and the first through hole 201, and a plurality of locking holes 224 which are recessed into the adjusting seat 221 and penetrate through the adjusting seat 221 up and down are uniformly distributed around the adjusting seat;

the rotator 222 includes a clamping portion 225 and a circular base plate 226, wherein the bottom of the clamping portion 225 is fixedly connected to the circular base plate 226, and a cavity is formed between the clamping portion 225 and the circular base plate 226. The center of the circular base plate 226 is a third through hole 203 which is coaxial with the first through hole 201 of the adjusting seat 221, the diameter of the third through hole 203 is slightly larger than that of the first through hole 201, and the third through hole is provided with an internal thread matched with the threaded column 26 and is tightly attached to the threaded column 26;

the circular base 226 of the rotating body 222 is further provided at the periphery thereof with a circular insertion hole 227 for inserting the locking pin 223. When the rotating body 222 rotates to each specific position, the circular insertion hole 227 forms a new positioning hole combination with the locking hole 224 at the position on the adjusting seat 221, and the locking pin 223 can be inserted;

the locking pin 223 is made of stainless steel material, the locking pin 223 is structurally divided into three sections, namely a top part which plays a role in beautifying and skid resistance, a cylindrical middle part which is jointed with a circular insertion hole 227 on the periphery of a circular base plate 226 on the rotating body and a bottom part which is jointed with a locking hole 224 on the adjusting seat 221; the outer diameter of the locking pin 223 decreases from top to bottom in stages, with the centers of the stages being coaxial;

the number of the locking holes 224 on the adjusting seat 221 is 18, and the number of the circular insertion holes 227 is 1. The locking hole 224 on the adjusting seat 221 is matched with the circular insertion hole 227 on the rotating body 222 and the locking pin 223 to form a locking device of the adjusting assembly 27, so that the adjusting assembly 27 is turned off, the locking is tight and is not easy to shake, the locking pin 223 is not easy to fall off, when the compression degree of the spring needs to be changed each time, the locking pin 223 needs to be loosened, the clamping part 225 of the rotating body 222 is rotated, the rotating body 222 drives the adjusting assembly 27 to rotate around the threaded rod 26, the second dental splint 22 is squeezed or loosened, the distance between the two dental splint is changed, meanwhile, the rotating body 222 rotates to change the position of the circular insertion hole 227 on the rotating body to each specific position, the circular insertion hole 227 and the locking hole 224 on the adjusting seat 221 form a new positioning hole combination, the locking pin 223 can be inserted again;

the outer wall of the adjusting seat 221 is provided with scales which are uniformly arranged in sequence, and the interval between adjacent scales is the same as the interval between the locking holes 224 on the adjusting seat 221, that is, each scale corresponds to one locking hole 224. A radial indentation pointing to the outside from the center of the circular base disc 226 is formed on the circular base disc 226, and after the adjustment seat 221 is rotationally locked, the indentation points to a corresponding scale on the adjustment seat 221 to reflect the current elastic force condition of the spring;

the clamping part 225 adopts a large arc transition convenient to hold at the corner and the joint with the circular base plate 226, and the back side of the top of the clamping part 225 is a concave arc convenient to hold;

the rotating body 222 is also provided with a rotating direction indicator for indicating the elastic force of the spring, in order to reduce the friction between the adjusting seat 221 and the rotating body 222, a gasket 228 is arranged between the adjusting seat 221 and the circular base plate 226, the adjusting assembly 27 is used for manually adjusting the compression degree of the spring, a handle-type rotating handle different from a conventional long handle-type or disc-type rotating handle is adopted, the rotating body is novel, attractive, unique in design, simple in structure and not easy to block, and the adjusting assembly 27 has corrosion resistance;

the rotating body 222 of the adjusting unit 27 of the present embodiment can select an appropriate force point according to the required torque, and when the torque is small, the tip of the grip portion 225 of the rotating body 222 can be grasped, and when the torque is large, the side end of the grip portion 225 of the rotating body 222 can be grasped. Meanwhile, no matter how the stress point is selected, the rotation stability and no vibration of the circumferentially stressed uniform rotating body 222 can be ensured, and the radial size space is saved under the condition of ensuring the torque;

the working principle of the adjusting assembly 27 of the present invention is: the circular insertion hole 227 of the rotating body 222 is aligned with the center of the locking hole 224 of the adjusting seat 221, the locking pin 223 can be inserted into the circular insertion hole 227 and the locking hole 224 from the top to the bottom in sequence, so as to achieve the locking, the adjusting assembly 27 is kept in a fixed state, the spring is also kept in a certain deformation, the rotating body 222 is rotated clockwise, the adjusting component 27 can be made to advance spirally to press the dental splint, so that the spring is compressed to generate a larger elastic force, the rotating body 222 rotates to change the position of the circular insertion hole 227 on the upper surface, and when the rotating body rotates to each specific position, the circular insertion hole 227 forms a new positioning hole combination with the locking hole 224 at the position on the adjusting seat, the locking pin 223 can be inserted to lock the position, when the locking pin is inserted, the rotating body 222 is in a locked state and cannot rotate, and the rotating body 222 can be rotated to a new specific position only by pulling out the locking pin 223 and then the locking pin 223 is inserted to lock the position.

Example four.

the working principle of the adjusting assembly 27 of the present invention is: the circular insertion hole 227 of the rotating body 222 is aligned with the center of the locking hole 224 of the adjusting seat 221, the locking pin 223 can be inserted into the circular insertion hole 227 and the locking hole 224 from the top to the bottom in sequence, so as to achieve the locking, the adjusting assembly 27 is kept in a fixed state, the spring is also kept in a certain deformation, the rotating body 222 is rotated clockwise, the adjusting component 27 can be made to advance spirally to press the dental splint, so that the spring is compressed to generate a larger elastic force, the rotating body 222 rotates to change the position of the circular insertion hole 227 on the upper surface, and when the rotating body rotates to each specific position, the circular insertion hole 227 forms a new positioning hole combination with the locking hole 224 at the position on the adjusting seat, the locking pin 223 can be inserted to realize the locking of the position, when the locking pin is inserted, the rotating body 222 is in a locking state and cannot rotate, the rotating body 222 can be rotated to a new specific position only by pulling out the locking pin 223, and then the locking pin 223 is inserted to realize the locking;

as shown in fig. 6, a binding band 4 is connected to both sides of the base and surrounds the head of the user, the binding band 4 is provided with a pair of ear-covering type ear caps 41 for fixing the position of the whole device, the ear caps 41 comprise a front cover 411 close to the ears and a back cover 412 far away from the ears, the back cover 412 is provided with a clamping groove 42 for the binding band 4 to pass through and a clamping piece 43 matched with the clamping groove 42 for fixing the position of the binding band 4 at the back cover 412 of the ear-covering type ear cap 41, the ear-covering type ear cap 41 is further provided with a cloth-wrapped sponge for improving the wearing comfort, the clamping groove 42 extends along the direction from the back of the ears to the front of the ears and can also be understood as extending from the back of the head to the front of the head, meanwhile, the binding band at the side in front of the first ear-covering type ear cap 41 provides a first pulling force F1 to the first ear-covering type ear, the first pulling force F1 extends along the pulling direction of the binding band 4 at the side in front of the ears, and the binding band 4 at the side in F2, this second pulling force F2 extends to the ear rear along the tensile direction of bandage on one side of ear rear, first pulling force and second pulling force opposite in direction can pull up earmuff 41 simultaneously, and make earmuff 41 to the one side of keeping away from the ear tighten, thereby make the earmuff can not hug closely the ear, further reduced the extrusion force of earmuff 41 to the head, also improved the comfort level of wearing from on the other hand, 4 both ends of bandage are equipped with the buckle of dismantling with pedestal connection, conveniently change the bandage.

Although the invention has been described above with reference to various embodiments, it should be understood that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention. That is, the methods, systems, and devices discussed above are examples. Various configurations may omit, substitute, or add various procedures or components as appropriate. For example, in alternative configurations, the methods may be performed in an order different than that described, and/or various components may be added, omitted, and/or combined. Moreover, features described with respect to certain configurations may be combined in various other configurations, as different aspects and elements of the configurations may be combined in a similar manner. Further, elements therein may be updated as technology evolves, i.e., many elements are examples and do not limit the scope of the disclosure or claims.

Specific details are given in the description to provide a thorough understanding of the exemplary configurations including implementations. However, configurations may be practiced without these specific details, for example, well-known circuits, processes, algorithms, structures, and techniques have been shown without unnecessary detail in order to avoid obscuring the configurations. This description provides example configurations only, and does not limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the claims. Rather, the foregoing description of the configurations will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing the described techniques. Various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure.

In conclusion, it is intended that the foregoing detailed description be regarded as illustrative rather than limiting, and that it be understood that these examples are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. After reading the description of the invention, the skilled person can make various changes or modifications to the invention, and these equivalent changes and modifications also fall into the scope of the invention defined by the claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a wearing formula orthodontic appliance, includes ring rail, denture fixing device, base and bandage, its characterized in that: the base is used for containing the lower jaw, and two sides of the base are detachably connected with the binding bands to fix the orthodontic equipment to the head; the base is fixedly provided with the annular rail, the annular rail is arched and is matched with the tooth post, a plurality of tooth holders capable of sliding on the annular rail are arranged on the annular rail, and the tooth holders are attached to teeth to provide corrective force; and the joint of the denture base and the ring rail is also provided with a locking structure, and the locking structure is used for fixing the position of the denture base on the ring rail.

2. A wearable orthodontic device of claim 1, wherein: the ring rail is divided into an upper ring rail and a lower ring rail, each ring rail comprises two ring wires, and the ring wires are fixedly connected through a plurality of connecting wires.

3. A wearable orthodontic device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein: the denture comprises two denture plates, at least two springs are fixedly arranged between the denture plates, and the springs are in a compressed state and apply elasticity to the denture plates so as to apply corrective force to teeth.

4. A wearable orthodontic device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein: an adjusting component is arranged on the dental splint and is used for adjusting the compression degree of one of the springs so as to control the size of the corrective force applied to the teeth.

5. A wearable orthodontic device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein: the adjusting part comprises regulation seat, rotor and stop pin to there is a screw thread post to run through adjust the seat the rotor with one of them tooth layer board fixed mounting is on another tooth layer board, adjust seat one side and the laminating of tooth layer board, the rotor install adjust the seat the opposite side and with it is coaxial to adjust the seat, the rotor with screw thread post contact department is equipped with the screw thread, can extrude or put loose tooth layer board through rotating the rotor, and then adjusts the compression degree of spring, the stop pin is used for locking the rotation of rotor.

6. A wearable orthodontic device according to any of the preceding claims, wherein: be equipped with the earmuff on the bandage for supplementary fixed equipment improves the comfort level of dressing.